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No important question but that relating tothe future of the Philippines is left to the commissioners to settle. Time will be allowed the Spanish troops to evacuate Cubs and Porto Rico.

Thies will obviate necessity of United } States troops going there in the hot wea- ) ther. The Spaniards will take their arms when they go. ;

Ii is understood that the Cuban debt question has been entirely eliminated by the President.

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CHARLOTTETOWN P: E. ISLAND, FRIDAY, AUGUST 142, 1898

“NO. [83

RUSSIA VERSUS GREAT BRITAIN

Number of Ships in the Far East,

FORMIDABLE FLEETS NOW IN. THE PACIFIC.

Strength of Naval Forces Likely Soon to be Opposed to Each Other.

Russia has at present a powerful fleet in the pacific in comparison with the rest of her naval forces, It comprises one first~ battleship, two second-class battleships, two coast defence ironciads, seven firat~ class cruisers, one second-class cruiser, seven gunboats and six torpedo craft. The first-class battleship is the Navarin, of 476 tons displacement, aud with a speed of i6 knots. She has 16 ingh armor and earries an armament of four 12 inch guns. The Nicolas I and Sissoi Veliky are of 8,400 tone and 8,800 toos respectively.

BLAME LAID UPON BLANCO

For the Late Defeat At Santiago,

CERVERA BLAMES BLANCO FOR THE SURRENDER.

His Official Report to Madrid - Why | the Colon Surrendered.

Washington, Aug 11.—Captain General Blanco is held responsible by Admiral Cervera for the drstruction ot the Spanish fleet. In this official report to Madrid, which has been transmitted to Spaiu through the French Ambassador, Admiral Cervera calls attention to the orders issued by Blanco upon his arrival at Curacoa. He received instructions to proceed to Santiago de Cuba against his judgment. He received orders on July i to leave the iano uotwithstanding atelegram to

Blanco@@sbowing tbe result of a sortie of that Kind, he was ordered to obey instruct~

Their epeed is 16 knots; the first carries

later carries four 12 inch guns. be seen from these figuree that all three of these Russian ironclads are powerful ships. Of the cruisers ou the Pacific Station the Ruric and Russia are among the largest of that class in the world, being of 10,900 and 12,300 tons respectively. Both carry a belt of armor and their principal arma- ment is four § inch guys, and a number of 6 inch fire guns.

Against this force Great Britain has in Chinese waters three first-class battleships, the Barfleur, Centurion aad Victorious, the latter one of the most powerful iron- clads in the world; the belted cruisere, Immortalite, Narcissus and Undaunted,and the first-class cruisers Powerful and Grafiwu, besides many smaller ships. The British fleet on that station wou ld be more than a match for the Russian, but it could be reinforced very quickly from the-Medi- terranean fleet or from the Pacific station, where the ironclad Imperieuse would be available.

The gathering of so large a fleet by Russia in the Pacific ia time of pac’, has & suspicious Jook, and can only wean that trouble is expected there with some naval power. Possibly Japan is the vation aim - ed at; but Great Britain cannot afford to overivok so threatening ademonstration in the east by the great northern power.

The fleet of Japan which would probably be alliec with that uf Great Britian n the eveat of war with Russia is by no means to be despised for it includes three battle ships two of them very large and powerful, four arizored cruisers and many smaller vessels.

MARRIAGE OF OFFICERS.

The Armies of Europe Have Various Rules Regulating It.

The restrictive conditions at present in force with regard to the marriage of officers in the Russian army forbid this privilege under any circumstance in the case of officers under the age of 23. Be- tween the ages of 23 and 28 years the dot of an officer’s wife must amount to asum representing the minimum in- come of 250 rubles yearly.

On comparison of these conditions with those regulating the same question in other European armies it may be moted that in the Austria-Hungarian army the number of officers authorized to contract marriage is limited by a fix- ed proportion assigned to each grade, and, these totals being reached, all fur- ther marriages must be deferred pend- ing the occurrence of vacancies in the married establishments.

The Italian army regulations, which fix the income of the flancee at a mini-

mum of from 1,200 to 2,000 lire, would |

appear to be more rational in their operation. Italian officers, however, ap- ply a somewhat liberal interpretation to this law, with the result that the num- ber of marriages occurring under actual provisions does not exceed more than an eighth of the total number, seven- sighths of the officers bemg united un- der the conditions of the religious cere- mony only, and thus exposing them- selyes to all the inconveniences which attend a marriage not recognized by eivil law.

Similar disabilities would now ap- pear to be incurred by Russian officers, aud suggestions have been made by the press in Russia that a general revision of the law is becoming necessary. The question is assuming some importance from the fact that Russian officers, reaching a total number of nearly 40,- 000, represent one of the most impor- tant classes in the state.—Brooklyn Cit-

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two 12 inchand tour 9 inch guns, the: It will’

ions,” The Navy Department declines to make tbe report public,on the ground thal it is a confidential document and it is similarly regarded at the French Embas- sy. The report isa Jengthy document, covering Over sixty pages, dating from the time the fleet left ihe Cape Verdes until it was destroyed. The regert of the com- manding officer of the Colon shows that he really surrendered to the Oregon, Had it not been for a bursting steampipe, which caused the revolutions of the Colon’s eng ues to drop from 86 to 54 per minute, the Colon had not been caught so easily.

KLONDIKE GOLD,

Vancouver.

Vaocouver, B.C., Aug 11.—The big shipment of Klondike gold which wae ee>* from Dawson up the river to Skagway 9 the Ora, arrivedin Vancouver this moraing. With gold and drafts to the amount of between half a million and two million dollars on board, according to var~ ious estimates, the steamer Carralon, Captain Roberts, arrived in port. This is

has ever arrived in Vancouver at one time from the north, and asthe Klondikers distributed themselves around town to make purchases before the steamer eailed for Seattle, they made quite a showiug of wealth.

HE WAS WELL MADE UP.

The Cause of » Wonderful Hit Made by the Late Bill Nye.

James Whitcomb Riley tells a quaint story of his former lecturing partner, Bill ‘Nye. It was the opening of their joint season. They had both been rusti- cating during the vacation and were brown as berries. Nye looked much like an Othello in his sunburned make up, and Riley suggested to him the applica- tion of some ‘‘liquid white,’’ a cosmetic much affected by the gentler sex of the profession.

Nye sent for the preparation, and never having used anything of the kind before he filled the palm of his hand with it and carefully smeared it over his countenance. There was no mirror in his primitive dressing room, and Riley was beautifying himself on the other side of the stage.

The ‘‘liquid white’ dries out seme- what like whitewash, and when Nye appeared before the audience he was a sight to behold. His head looked like a frosted top piece on a wedding cake. His face, white as the driven snow, was expressiqniess and blank. The audience shrieked, and when he came off from ' his first selection they demanded his | reappearance. He obliged them to howls | of laughter, Again he made his exit, / and again was redemanded by the up-

roarious audience.

Believing he had made a hit, he was | about to return to the stage when he | was caught by the arm by Mrs. Nye, | who cried, ‘‘ William Edgar Nye, what | have you got on your face?’’

( ‘Nothing but its usual expression, | my dear.”’

‘*Expression! Fiddlesticks! You’re a | fright,’’ cried his wife, and leading ' him to where there wasa piece of broken looking glass showed him how he looked. «

Nye was mortified, and catching | sight of Riley, just about going on the stage, he would haye undoubtedly fol- lowed him on and been revenged but for the intervention of Mrs. Nye.

His head was scraped, combed and washed, and his next selection was read without ‘‘a hand’’ from the audience. Moreover, the story is a fact and not a

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MILITARY NOTES

A Large Shipment Is Received in:

FROM OTTAWA.

Anpointment of Gol, Hut- fon and Major Foster.

THE DOMINION RIFLE ASSOCIA- TION MATCHES THIS YEAR.

To be Fired in Four Days—The Prize Lists Cut Down.

[SpreciaL To Tak Examiner. ]

Orrawa, Aug. 12.—The selection of Colonel Hutton as Commander of the Canadian forces, and of Major Foster as Quarter-Master-General, has been con- firmed by the Government,

These officers left Liverpool to~day for

Montreal,

It has been decided that the matches of the Dominion Rifle Association thie year will be shot in four days, in place of five as heretofore. The number of matcbes has been cutdown, and the prize lists somewhat reduced.

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A nugget of gold weighing 1,636 ounces anivalued at $32,500 has been found at Kanowan in West Austrailia.

Eggs—The bestplace in the city to sell eggs,if large and clean,is at Brace’s Grocery ‘ onjQueen St, He is paying the highest price

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